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<br />3, In my latest experimental forecasts for July-September 2005, only eastern Colorado and <br />southeastern New Mexico have favorable odds for a wet summer, while Arizona in particular may <br />have to brace for a dry monsoon, The remainder of Colorado has roughly climatological odds for <br />the summer, which is more favorable than in previous forecasts, <br /> <br />4, Bottomline: El Nino has gained a foothold in the eastern Pacific which may have already <br />helped with an enhanced storm track over the last few weeks, While the outlook for the remainder <br />of spring is not very favorable in Colorado, the summer season has no distinct tilt towards dryness <br />over Colorado, and a possibly rejuvinated El Nino event could even boost our chances for a wet <br />summer. <br /> <br />Impact Task Force Reports <br /> <br />Mary Halstead, Wildlife <br />Ms, Halstead said there were no new issues to report at the present time, <br /> <br />Agriculture-- <br />Reagan Waskom, CSU <br />Mr. Waskom commented that before the last May storms the moisture of the topsoil was at 80% and <br />the subsoil was at 50%, He further said the eastern plains has had some dry conditions, but they <br />were concerned that the winter wheat crop was a little behind because of the more recent cool and <br />wet conditions, Mr. Waskom stated the sugar beets had freeze damage due to the recent cooler <br />temperatures as well, and the fanners may replant them, He also said the eastern plains would need <br />more moisture to finish the crops; however, the livestock and range conditions look good at the <br />present time, Mr. Waskom further mentioned that water issues administration is always a concern <br />to the agriculture community, <br /> <br />Later, Mr. Waskom mentioned that for the last three years CSU has kept a website on water <br />restrictions that can be seen on their website at drought.colostate,edu, <br /> <br />Bob Steger, Denver Water <br />Mr. Steger reported that Denver Water's Antero Reservoir would be lucky to get half-full this year, <br />and said it is not efficient to store water because it is a big evaporator. He reported that Wolford <br />Mountain Reservoir would not get half-full and that Williamsfork Reservoir will get to 74% full. <br />Mr. Steger said the Front Range stonns had helped a lot. <br /> <br />Later, Mr. Steger passed out a handout explaining the voluntary water restrictions and stated <br />Denver's water restrictions were a lot less strict this year, but people still cannot waste water or <br />water between 10 a,m, and 6 p,m, <br /> <br />Doug Cain, USGS <br /> <br />Mr. Cain announced the USGS has some long-term fact sheets that analyze nationwide streamflow <br />records, <br />